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Long list of possible attendees for next Cup

Authored by: Erik
on Tuesday, April 06 2010 @ 11:13 pm ACST

Hi all,
Just wanted to give you a few facts. My back ground is in DAFL (Denmark) and I participated in IC02, build up to 05 and again in 08. In 2002 every Danish player paid more than 2000 AUD out of own pocket to get there. Same pic in 05. In 08 we changed plans a tad looking for smaller, personal sponsorship of around 500 AUD. This helped some players getting there for free and some ended up paying roughly 2000 AUD out of own pocket again.

The Denmark drop out in 05 was a mixed bag of reasons. 1) The curiosity from 2002 was gone as most players were the same from the 2002 campaign. 2) Injuries took out a few players too (including myself). 3) Not everyone was ready / had the funds to pay 2000 AUD again.

A thing that some players have a hard time understanding is the big difference in how each country is being treated by the AFL. Heavy investments have been made in SA and PNG with obvious results to follow. One could argue that UK, Denmark etc have had their chance earlier on. But I disagree on that one.
As long as the AFL is a money maker they will always treat the various countries differently according to where they see growth potential. It might stuff up the even competition - I don't know. But it might also make some countries / players to reconsider their engagement in future IC tournaments.

Anyways, just a few facts and my few cents.

Erik

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Long list of possible attendees for next Cup

Authored by: Brett Northey
on Thursday, April 08 2010 @ 09:39 pm ACST

Hi Erik,

Yeah there is no question that funding is very uneven and this plays a big role in how quickly different nations are developing.

It's an interesting question - should the AFL have a set international budget and distribute it evenly across all affiliated leagues, or should it target specific programs it thinks will have the largest benefits? Would an even spread result in small progress in a lot of places but no real major success anywhere?

I suspect they do need to target specific areas, but I sympathise that such a policy looks very unfair for all the other countries getting much less.

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Authored by: Cam Homes
on Thursday, April 08 2010 @ 09:41 pm ACST

G'day Vildmand.
You are so right about personal cost in attending the previous IC's and the AFL's investment in SA and PNG at the present. AFL teams see possible 'cheap' draftees coming from those countries in the very near future so its OK for the AFL to spend on development in those countries. As for the UK and Denmark missing out, the AFL thinking was pretty much, UK, just broken down or 2nd rate Aussies not able to make it in Aussie anyway, and Denmark 'Hell! can they even speak English? and no upbringing in the sport so nobody with any potential so why bother.
Cam

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Authored by: Brett Northey
on Friday, April 09 2010 @ 02:29 pm ACST

I should probably make the distinction here between personal comments by Cam, who has been working with us on the unofficial World Rankings, and any "official comment" from worldfootynews.com

Because although we sympathise with countries in the disparity in funding, and yes money does tend to go toward areas more likely to yield future draft options, I doubt any of our editorial staff agree with Cam's comments towards the end of his last post where he infers what the AFL's opinion is. And no, I'm not trying to "cover" ourselves - there's a clear distinction between personal opinions of occasional contributors (and who are welcome to speculate) and what the regular editorial group think, based on our day to day dealing with the Leagues and the AFL.

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Authored by: Rob Fielder
on Tuesday, July 13 2010 @ 07:47 pm ACST

It is slightly disappointing with the development disparity. However, Peter Romaniw is now in London and already attended the Brit cup. This is a golden development opportunity for Europe to work with Peter. Britain has huge potential. This is mainly because we've grown up with both Soccer and Rugby. Aussie Rules compliments both sports and doesn't clash due to fixtures over the summer. 90% of the children I've worked with in South West England love the freedom of the game and keep asking about matches etc, which at this stage with volunteers we cannot provide. Yet!

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Authored by: Brett Northey
on Wednesday, July 14 2010 @ 10:51 am ACST

Hi Rob,

Great to hear your thoughts. There hasn't been much media on Peter and the EAFA as yet, we're hoping to have something soon. I'm hoping to hear that things are progressing but I don't know the answer yet. Obviously you'd have a much better idea and your thoughts are welcome.

Cheers,
Brett

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